Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Anthracite (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Anthracite. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Anthracite is located in Lebanon County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Lebanon County: Berks, Dauphin, Lancaster & Schuylkill.
Below are the counties that are near Anthracite. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Anthracite:
- Lebanon County (The home county of Anthracite)
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Cornwall
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Miners Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Burd Coleman Village
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Burd Coleman Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burd Coleman Village
- Quentin
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Mount Gretna Heights
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Mount Gretna Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Gretna Heights
- Johnstown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Johnstown is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnstown
- Avon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Pleasant Hill
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Hill is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Mount Gretna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Timber Hills is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Timber Hills
- Avon Heights
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Avon Heights is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon Heights
- Berks County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Mount Aetna
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Wintersville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wintersville
- Womelsdorf
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Meckville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Meckville is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meckville
- Robesonia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Bethel
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Rehrersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Rehrersburg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehrersburg
- North Heidelberg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Heidelberg is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Heidelberg
- Phoebe Berks Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Wernersville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- New Schaefferstown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- New Schaefferstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Schaefferstown
- Adamstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Adamstown is located in Berks County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adamstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,905 people
- Adamstown has also been known as:
- Adamschteddel
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Adamstown <1>
- Chester County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Cambridge
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Cambridge is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cambridge
- Honey Brook
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Compass
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Compass is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compass
- Suplee
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Suplee is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suplee
- Dampman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Dampman is located in Chester County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dampman
- Elverson
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cumberland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- New Cumberland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Lemoyne
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lower Allen is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lower Allen
- Wormleysburg
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Camp Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- West Fairview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Fairview
- Enola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lisburn
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Lisburn is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisburn
- Westwood Village
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Westwood Village is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Village
- Shiremanstown
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shiremanstown is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shiremanstown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,641 people
- Allenview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Allenview is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenview
- Good Hope
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Good Hope is located in Cumberland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Good Hope
- Dauphin County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Bachmanville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Bachmanville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bachmanville
- Hershey
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Grantville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Union Deposit
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Union Deposit is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Deposit
- Shellsville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Shellsville is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shellsville
- Hummelstown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Clifton
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Clifton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Manadahill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Manadahill is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manadahill
- Skyline View
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Skyline View is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skyline View
- Middletown
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Royalton
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Royalton is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,019 people
- Rutherford
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Rutherford is located in Dauphin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rutherford
- Lancaster County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Elstonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Elm
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Elm is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elm
- Poplar Grove
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Poplar Grove is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Grove
- Brickerville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hopeland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Hopeland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopeland
- Manheim
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Naumanstown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Naumanstown is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naumanstown
- Mastersonville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Mastersonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mastersonville
- Fairland
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairland is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- Brunnerville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clay
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clay is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clay
- Luzerne County
- Newtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Newtown is located in Luzerne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
- Perry County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Marysville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Perdix
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Perdix is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdix
- Schuylkill County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Irving
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Irving is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irving
- Suedberg
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Suedberg is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suedberg
- Marstown
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Marstown is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marstown
- Beuchler
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Beuchler is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beuchler
- Pine Grove
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Moyers
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Moyers is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moyers
- Paradise
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Paradise is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paradise
- Ravine
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Ravine is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravine
- Lorberry Junction
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Lorberry Junction is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lorberry Junction
- Echo Valley
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Echo Valley is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo Valley
- Orwin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Orwin is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orwin
- Summit Station
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Summit Station is located in Schuylkill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit Station
- York County
- The following are listed by their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Wrightsville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- East Prospect
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- East Prospect is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Prospect
- Population from the 2020 Census: 912 people
- Goldsboro
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Goldsboro is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldsboro
- Population from the 2020 Census: 938 people
- York Haven
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Hallam is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hallam
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
- Mount Wolf
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Starview is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starview
- Manchester
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Yorkana is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yorkana
- Population from the 2020 Census: 229 people
- Marsh Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Marsh Run is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marsh Run
- Redland Village
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Redland Village is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redland Village
- Valley Green
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Valley Green is located in York County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Green
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Anthracite, see our County-by-County Page for Anthracite.
Cemeteries Near Anthracite ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Anthracite.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Anthracite - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Anthracite covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Miners Village Mennonite Church Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Holy Savior Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Cornwall Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- Mountain View Mennonite Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Hebron Moravian Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Bachman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lapps Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- South Annville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Annville Cemetery
- The South Annville Cemetery has also been known as:
- Long's Cemetery
- Mt. Lebanon Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Ginder-Kinsey-Stauffer Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holy Cross Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holy Cross Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Holy Cross Cemetery is a large cemetery that is located outside and to the northwest of Lebanon.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #45105 <2>
- Continue List (288 more) ...
- Horst Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Horst Cemetery
- The Horst Cemetery has also been known as:
- Snavely Cemetery
- Kimmerlings Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmerlings Cemetery
- The Kimmerlings Cemetery has also been known as:
- St. Jacob's Kimmerlings Church Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #292170 <2>
- Fairland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Anthracite in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Anthracite.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Anthracite, with the one closest to Anthracite listed first.
- Miners Village
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Miners Village is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Village
- Rexmont
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Rexmont is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rexmont
- Cornwall
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Cornwall
(Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
- North Cornwall is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Cornwall
- Mount Hope
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Mount Hope is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hope
- Iona
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Iona is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iona
- Mount Gretna
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Elstonville
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Elstonville is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elstonville
- Avon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Avon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
- Lebanon
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Penryn
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Penryn is located in Lancaster County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penryn
- Cornwall Junction
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Cornwall Junction is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornwall Junction
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Schaefferstown
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Coheva
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Coheva is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coheva
- West Lebanon
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- West Lebanon is located in Lebanon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lebanon
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Anthracite. See our List of 1890's Communities around Anthracite.
Newspapers Published in Anthracite ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 93 newspapers that have been published in the area around Anthracite.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Anthracite, there are papers which were published within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Anthracite.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Anthracite:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Lebanon County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Berks County
- Chester County
- Cumberland County
- Dauphin County
- Lancaster County
- Luzerne County
- Perry County
- Schuylkill County
- York County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Anthracite) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Anthracite, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |